"our data centres use hardly any water!" "oh, how much do they use then?" "it's a secret" www.roanokerambler.com/google-striv...

Amazing stuff. #Auspol

Commitments, agreements, expectations, and 'alliances' will not be honoured Don't get it twisted

In plain terms, the United States aligned itself with Russia against Ukraine and NATO. By transmitting Moscow’s surrender terms unedited and pressuring Kyiv to accept them, the Trump Regime effectively sided with Russia in the war and attempted to force Ukraine’s capitulation. It is betrayal.

Albanese basically just blurting out ExxonMobil / Woodside Energy talking points - but because it's Albanese, it doesn't get debunked in the article text. youtu.be/iclIVwl8KIA?...

It makes a loot of sense. The right wing grifter "voice" is easy to replicate and requires no credentials or skills beyond time, shamelessness, and cruelty. Twitter payouts for a modestly successful account aren't enough to live off in California, but will feed a family of four in Rajasthan.

Ursula von der Lying

As @doctorvive.bsky.social has pointed out a quadrillion times, it such a moment of significant and extreme alarm that fossi lfuel industry talking points are being shamelessly and bluntly repeated by people like this Very, very, very grim

full clip is at 16:26 Von der Leyen mentions that line for absolutely no reason at all. It's largely irrelevant to the point she makes in her answer - she's literally just blurting out an ExxonMobil talking point x.com/i/broadcasts...

Ursula von der Lying

The extent to which intelligent people can twist their brains in knots to avoid the obvious never ceases to amaze For those willing to confront reality: The IPCC is perfectly clear on the need to strand the majority of fossil fuel assets in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement

what a difference two years makes... #COP28 > #COP30 we absolutely must end fossil fuels – for the climate, for nature, for human rights, for our air and water, for our energy bills

Today a fresh proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to reform digital laws was welcomed by lawmakers on the right but shunned on the left.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged to retract AI comments on superintelligence

A group of scientists has called on EC president Ursula von der Leyen to retract a statement she made suggesting A.I. would soon reach parity with human intelligence. Her statements were based on marketing statements from US Tech firms not empirical evidence or real proof. #ResistAI

In the budget speech, EU Commission president von der Leyen made a bold statement that #AI is expected to approach human reasoning by next year. Scientists & scholars are appalled that the EC has fallen prey to this hype theatre & have written a letter raising concerns euobserver.com/digital/ar68...

Scientists write AI Hype open letter to the President of the European Commission. "We call on you to: 1. retract your statement on AI approaching human reasoning next year; 2. diligently evaluate other such marketing claims about AI products; and 3. ensure you have the benefit of the necessary […]

Note to political leaders - stop AI overhype. Today's letter from 73 scientists led by my colleague @krisshrishak.bsky.social to Ursula von der Leyen demands that she retract her budget speech non-scientific AI statement that parroted tech CEO hype. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement. @olivia.science @abeba.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @rocher.lc @danmcquillan.bsky.social @robin.berjon.com & many others have signed www.iccl.ie/press-releas...

the @ec.europa.eu's President von der Leyen is uncritically echoing AI hype & corporate PR, particularly that “AI would approach human reasoning in 2026”. we find this unacceptable & ask the Commission President to retract it. please sign this open letter if you agree

A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities. #COP30

Wanton, uncontrolled use of water has Teheran sinking, as the aquifers empty to the point buildings could collapse. Worst drought in a hundred years. That climate change the usa wont deal with. As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...

Prolonged water cuts across Tehran have created widespread panic among the Iranian capital’s 10 million residents.

Shots fired #COP30 plenary PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."

After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries." THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.

With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.

Petrostates, such as Saudi Arabia, Russia--and the U.S. under Republican rule--are a threat to us and the planet, and must be treated as such. #ScienceUnderSiege www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hmm, I don't love that article's framing, because the Decision Text doesn't mention fossil fuels at all, I thought, and the agreement to meet at the Columbia conference stands as a side initiative backed by Brazil.

The number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30 outnumbered any individual delegation other than that of the host country, Brazil.

The number has been increasing every year

Talk about a COPOut: In a move that should surprise no one who has been following the climate regime over the past 30 years, the draft final text for COP30 omits any reference to facing out fossil fuels once again! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As international climate negotiations avoid direct confrontation with carbon power once again, a reminder that major fossil fuel companies can be traced to trillions of dollars in damages from extreme heat globally. rdcu.be/ei0T5

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Rob Dannenberg: The plan US officials have negotiated is nothing more than cultural genocide against the people of Ukraine. Through it, the US is complicit in a plan for the arrest, deportation and incarceration of a generation of brave Ukrainians who have bravely resisted Putin’s aggression.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics… …and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here. read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!

in this story you will find: • trump district in virginia going blue for the first time in decades because of data centers • the director of youth outreach for the oklahoma republican party fighting data centers & saying seats could flip on the issue • lots and lots and lots of polling about this

Tehran is a 7 thousand year old city that will soon become ruins because of a climate mega drought.

Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out. The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.

9-10 million people likely to be displaced over the next couple decades. In one city. In one country. Imagine the scale of the catastrophe when climate change does this to every country and hundreds upon hundreds of millions of people are forced into migration or flight.

This is about to become very real when Tehran Iran runs out of water in the next few weeks, and the world sees how the lack of drinking water turns a country into unimaginable chaos and people start dying. We are about to see a crisis unmatched since WW2.

Yes. Increasingly, human societies will be located where fresh water used to be abundant but no longer is. From Los Angeles to Cape Town to Tehran, water shortages are already a reality.

Wow. “He said Tehran now faces ‘catastrophe’ as land in parts of the capital sinks by up to 30 cm/yr and water supplies shrink. ‘When we say the land subsides 30 cm each day, this means disaster,’ he said.“

What’s happening in Tehran with the water supply is absolutely going to come for some places in the American Southwest

I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.

We Sure Hope the AI Companies Auditing is All Good and Fine Oh Cool No Problem it's Deloitte

For a little extra icing while enjoying the topic of Deloitte Audits, Please enjoy content from Deloitte Auditor, auditing superintelligence in the brand new supertransparent way, on teh blockchain but who am i to judge, my soul is, too, filled with scars *stares in mirror* #livelaughlove